The Year of the Horse 2026 will be welcomed across China with blessings for money, health and more. Here are common ones and ...

Sim Tze Wei showing a tree denoting the common descent of the Chinese people. A linguist has warned of the impending extinction of Hokkien, popularly regarded as one of Penang’s official languages ...

Elderly uncles gather around their usual kopitiam table to lim kopi, passionately complaining about the gahmen and their useless grandchildren with their annoying ang moh pop culture. In the same ...

When Sim Tze Wei began working to raise awareness of the Hokkien language, he never expected he would be accused of trying to divide the Chinese people. “Han Chinese nationalists everywhere are keen ...

SINGAPORE — In efforts to boost the learning of Chinese language and culture, Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (SHHK) Cultural Academy has partnered National University of Singapore (NUS) Centre for ...

An academic and two Chinese associations have voiced concern over the declining use of dialects such as Hokkien, Cantonese and Teochew now that Mandarin is gaining popularity with young Malaysian ...

GEORGETOWN — Instead of asking “How are you?”, Chinese Penangites used to greet each other with the Hokkien phrase “Lu chiak pa boey?”, which translates to, “Have you eaten?” From the hawker stalls to ...